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In reply to the discussion: Do Organic Growers Use ‘Hazmat’ Suits? [View all]HuckleB
(35,773 posts)17. I only have six.
Last edited Fri Mar 11, 2016, 02:40 PM - Edit history (1)
We give away at least half them, have plenty to eat fresh for three months, and then lots and lots of canning happens. Still, we would never come close to feeding ourselves. It's just for fun.
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300 bushels of corn per acre, people could grow their own if zoning/neighborhood Ass. didn't ban it.
Sunlei
Mar 2016
#8
Thats not allowed, its a crime in most neighborhoods across America. Lawns only.
Sunlei
Mar 2016
#14
that's pretty good for a front yard. If you had 50 tomato plants used an entire average front yard,
Sunlei
Mar 2016
#16
My dogs,Jack russell and another mix, rats & any ground varmints don't have a chance here.
Sunlei
Mar 2016
#39
Then more neighborhoods need to be like yours. As it is, either zoning or the HOA
Recursion
Mar 2016
#79
true, grow stuff that is expensive in the stores. I have raspberries, blackberries and table grapes.
Sunlei
Mar 2016
#44
I realize yards are smaller but I want people to know even a small yard can produce enough.
Sunlei
Mar 2016
#26
start small with 10 "hills" and a pack of seeds and one doesn't need any of that other stuff
Sunlei
Mar 2016
#31
Is insecticidal soap or horticultural oil "poison" to anything besides insects?
Major Nikon
Mar 2016
#53
part of it is to keep from getting soaked & having to work outside dripping wet from head to toe
Sunlei
Mar 2016
#6
Most people don't get the difference between hobby gardens and industrial food production
pediatricmedic
Mar 2016
#22
They could but corns inexpensive. I got 400 dozen eggs a year off a quarter acre :P
Sunlei
Mar 2016
#30
...and you refrained from pointing out the lack of maturity of that obvious flamebait OP
Major Nikon
Mar 2016
#48